Knowlton Complex (Drga) Fire
The Knowlton Complex (Drga) Fire burned 4,261 acres in Custer County, Montana, in 2008. It was discovered on August 22, 2008, and contained on August 30, 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to August 21, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,261 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 2008
- Contained
- August 30, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,215 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.333, -105.134.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,261 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,215 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 6,862 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 2008, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 21, 2008
- Contained
- August 30, 2008, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Custer County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Miles City Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- MTNRC
- Part of
- Knowlton Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Drga
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4632810509620080821
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-579363
- Note on the perimeter
- Drga ? Corrected GPS coordinates or equivalent precision
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Montana in 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn Mtn. Assist Fire | 102,380 | Aug 22, 2008 | Natural |
| Cascade Fire | 10,173 | Jul 26, 2008 | Human |
| Chouteau Co Complex | 5,519 | Mar 24, 2008 | Human |
| Easter Fire | 5,064 | Mar 24, 2008 | Human |
| Kathryn Fire | 5,000 | Aug 25, 2008 | Human |
| Golden Valley Complex | 3,558 | Aug 30, 2008 | Natural |
| Magee 2 Fire | 3,000 | Apr 9, 2008 | Human |
| Deep Draw Fire | 2,022 | Aug 9, 2008 | Natural |
| East Unit Charlie Fire | 1,909 | Apr 1, 2008 | |
| WoodHumpSalmon Fire | 1,584 | ||
| Coffee Fire | 1,528 | ||
| Yellowstone Complex | 1,464 | Apr 29, 2008 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.